Tiny Wire from BBQ Brush Lands Teen in Surgery
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash.) — A Washington state teen is recovering after a “violent” stomach ache landed him in a hospital where doctors performed exploratory surgery only to discover his problems stemmed from a BBQ b…
Huge Hairball in Teen’s Stomach Underscores Hair-Eating Dangers
Ryan McVay/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Surgeons in India, in an unusual surgery last month, removed a 4-pound hairball from the stomach of a 19-year-old girl.According to a report by Indian website NDTV.com, the girl couldn’t eat or drink for days. She re…